Qualitative study of primary care clinicians' views on point-of-care testing for C-reactive protein for acute respiratory tract infections in family medicine

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Hardy, Victoria ^a   Thompson, Matthew ^a   Keppel, Gina A ^a   Alto, William ^b   Dirac, M Ashworth ^c   Neher, Jon ^d   Sanford, Christopher ^a   Hornecker, Jaime ^e   Cole, Allison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Seattle Indian Health Board   (United States)

^c Swedish Family Medicine   (United States)

^d Valley Family Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WORKFLOW; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; GENERAL PRACTICE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING PRACTICE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; POINT-OF-CARE TESTING; PRACTICE PATTERNS, NURSES'; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 85010807223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012503     Document Type: Article

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